Jumping castle injuries in Victoria and NSW from wind incidents on 2026-09-05
Consensus Summary
On 2026-09-05, two primary-school-aged children were rushed to Geelong University Hospital with upper body injuries after a jumping castle flew into the air during a party at a home on Lower Duneed Road in Mount Duneed, Victoria, shortly before 11am. Emergency services, including Advanced Life Support and Mobile Intensive Care Ambulance paramedics, responded to the scene, where multiple other children escaped injury. The incident occurred amid strong winds, with the Bureau of Meteorology warning of gusts exceeding 90km/h in the region. Separately, ABC reported five children were hospitalized across two incidents, including three in NSW, where a boy and a girl suffered head injuries and an infant was treated for minor injuries. The tragedy follows a 2021 incident in Tasmania where six children died and three were seriously injured after a jumping castle lifted into the air, with a coronial inquest scheduled for later in September 2026.
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Key details reported by multiple sources:
- Two primary-school-aged children were transported to Geelong University Hospital by road ambulance with upper body injuries in stable condition
- The incident occurred at a home on Lower Duneed Road in Mount Duneed, Victoria, shortly before 11am on Saturday (2026-09-05)
- Advanced Life Support and Mobile Intensive Care Ambulance paramedics attended the scene in Mount Duneed
- Multiple other children on the jumping castle at the time escaped injury
- Six children died and three others were seriously injured in a 2021 jumping castle tragedy at Hillcrest Primary School in Tasmania
Points of Difference
Details reported by only one source:
- The incident is believed to have occurred during a party at a property on Lower Duneed Road in Mount Duneed southwest of Melbourne
- The children fell from a height of 10 metres in the 2021 Hillcrest Primary School tragedy
- Five children were taken to hospital in total across two separate incidents in Victoria and New South Wales on 2026-09-05
- In Sydney's south, NSW Ambulance treated a boy and a girl for head injuries about 1pm, taking them to Sydney Children's Hospital in stable condition
- An infant with minor injuries was also hospitalised in NSW, and a woman was treated at the scene
- A coronial inquest into the 2021 Hillcrest tragedy will begin later this month (September 2026)
- The Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) warned of gusts exceeding 90km/h, rain, and thunderstorms battering southwest and northeastern Victoria during the day
- Locals in South West, Wimmera, and parts of Central, East Gippsland, North East, West and South Gippsland, Mallee, and North Central Forecast Districts were urged to prepare for violent weather
Where the reporting differs
Details that conflict, or appear in only some outlets:
- The West and ABC mention two children were injured in Mount Duneed, while ABC also reports three additional children were injured in separate incidents in NSW
Source Articles
Jumping castle incident: Two children rushed to hospital after inflatable flies into air in Mount Duneed, Vic
Reports suggest both Advanced Life Support and Mobile Intensive Care Ambulance paramedics attended the scene.
Five children in hospital after strong winds pick up two jumping castles
Five children have been taken to hospital after jumping castles were picked up by winds in two separate incidents across Australia on one day.
Two kids injured as jumping castle flung into the air in Mount Duneed
Police confirmed the group was celebrating a children’s birthday party when high winds lifted the castle.
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